Friday, October 04, 2013

We finally have the game times set for Game 4 & 5 of the division series between the Braves and Dodgers. As you know, on Sunday Game 3 in Los Angeles will be at 5:07 PM. Now we know that game 4 and 5 will also be evening games.

Per a couple of tweets from the Dodgers:

Game 4 of the NLDS on Monday, October 7th will begin at 6:37pm PT (if necessary). #ITFDB
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 4, 2013

If necessary, Atlanta will host Game 5 of the NLDS on Wednesday, October 9th will begin at 5:37pm PT. #ITFDB
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 4, 2013

Furthermore, if tonight's ALDS game on TBS runs past 3:07, then the Dodgers game, which starts in less than half-an-hour, will begin on TNT. Per another Dodgers tweet.

Last month, I shared some photographic negatives taken by New England area photographer Dennis Brearley that were on auction through Hunt Auctions. Now, Hunt continues their sale in October with more Brearley negatives to bid on. Check out some of the vintage Brooklyn Dodgers available below.

Taken in 1948, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella pose with a young fan in the dugout.

Here are a couple more great photographs. First, Roy Campanella is about to be interviewed. Below that is a great shot of Carl Furillo crossing home plate after a home run. He is congratulated by Gil Hodges.

Probably one of my favorite finds when it comes to auctions are personal letters written by old-time Dodgers. They add a great dimension to player who you only really knew from afar. It's like having an opportunity to see a little bit of their personality.

Well, Clean Sweep Auctions just closed a recent offering that included this great letter by Gil Hodges, and I thought I would share it here. It is written to a Mort (I am unsure if this is a fan or a fellow ballplayer) and it includes some Baseball content. Below is a snippet. See the auction item here.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate your kind letter. I certainly enjoyed being in Arlington and meeting so many wonderful people.

Good luck in the coming baseball season. I'm pulling for a pennant for
you as well as the Dodgers. Win, lose or draw I'm sure the boys will
gain a lot about baseball and fair play, just being under your care.

"It's not just us two," Greinke said. "I feel like just the whole team
has been pitching good. And when you watch other people do good, it
makes it easier for you. You start to think that it's normal and not out
of the ordinary to pitch that good."

As you might expect, the Braves had advanced scouts following the
Dodgers very closely over the course of the season and especially during
the final three or four weeks of the season. These scouts were
undoubtedly well aware that Yasiel Puig is very fast, but I honestly
believe that they failed to realize just how fast he really is.

"It's the postseason. You can kind of throw pitch counts out the
window," Kershaw told Craig Sager on the TBS broadcast after the game.
"This is what you get taken out early for earlier in the season, for
games like this."

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“There’s nothing like wearing a Dodger jersey. There’s nothing like it in sports. I don’t care that I’ve never been anywhere else. I don’t care. There’s nothing like wearing a Dodger jersey.” -- A.J. Ellis